Day June 26, 2007

S.Con.Res.25, a concurrent resolution condemning the violence in Zimbabwe S.1612, a bill to amend the penalty provision in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (with a Dodd technical amendment) S.Res.225, a resolution designating the month of August 2007 as “National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month” S.Res.230, a resolution designating the month of July 2007 as “National…

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.1639; A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.Result: Agreed to (64-35, 1 member not voting, 3/5 threshold)Details: [click here]

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R.800; A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other…

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.1639; A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.Result: Agreed to (64-35, 1 member not voting, 3/5 threshold)Details: [click here]

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R.800; A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other…

In November 2006, Americans elected Democrats to take the country in a new direction, in part because we pledged to seek better jobs and better pay for working Americans. Six months into the 110th Congress, Democrats are delivering on that promise. In May, after a ten year battle, Congress gave lower-income workers a long overdue…

In November 2006, Americans elected Democrats to take the country in a new direction, in part because we pledged to seek better jobs and better pay for working Americans. Six months into the 110th Congress, Democrats are delivering on that promise. In May, after a ten year battle, Congress gave lower-income workers a long overdue…

Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today after Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ efforts to send the 9/11 Commission recommendations and the ethics and lobbying reform to conference. Attached are Reid’s remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Democrats have been working hard to pass critical legislation despite efforts by some…

Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following remarks today on the floor of the U.S. Senate: Yesterday, the US Conference of Mayors highlighted the toll the Iraq war is taking on our health, safety and well-being here at home by voting for a resolution to bring the war to a responsible end. “Stamford,…

Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada made the following remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate today in support of the Employee Free Choice Act: Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said: ‘It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.’ Roosevelt’s New Deal…